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review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
What is Marbury v Madison
100
the Court ruled that funding one's own election is a protected form of free speech
What is Buckley vs Valeo
100
According to C Wright Mills, this group - along with powerful elected officials and corporate leaders - forms the "power elite."
What is military
100
this establishes how to fill the presdential and vice presedential vacancies
What is 25 Amendment
100
the sense of pleasure, status, or companionship arising from group membership
What is solitary incentives
200
The Equal Protection Clause is part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction "the equal protection of the laws".
What is Brown vs Board of Education
200
this act requires employers and administrators of public facilities to make "reasonable accommodations" and prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities
What is American with Disabilities act
200
Groups formed during the constitutional convention in order to construct a better document
Who are Fereralists and anti Fereralists
200
a rule by the president that has the effect of the law
What is executive order
200
a type of independent political action committee which may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, and individuals but is not permitted to contribute to or coordinate directly with parties or candidates
What is Super Pac
300
concerning the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II regardless of citizenship
What is Korematsu vs United States
300
Plessy v. Ferguson is an example of this type of discrimination/segregation
What is de jurevsegregation
300
Term used to describe powers shared by the national and state governments.
What is Concurrent powers
300
the executive power shall be vested in a president" who should "take care that the laws be faithfully executed
What is inherent power
300
a type of organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaign for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation.
What is Pac
400
a United States Supreme Court case discussing the nature of the "right to privacy" and the legal definition of a "search
What is Katz v United States
400
this court case addressed the idea of "reverse discrimination" in admissions at UC Davis Medical School
What is Bakke v UC
400
This uprising of Revolutionary War veterans brought attention to several weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation
What is Shays rebellion
400
a 1973 law that states when the president can send out troops withough congresses approval
What is war powers resolution
400
association of individuals or organizations, usually formally organized, that, on the basis of one or more shared concerns, attempts to influence public policy in its favour.
What is a interest group
500
It upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy
What is Bakke v Regents of the university of California
500
were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States. Enacted after the Reconstruction period, these laws continued in force until 1965.
What are Jim Crow laws
500
This large-state contribution to the Constitutional Convention called for a strong national government.
What is the Virginia Plan
500
The President being able to fill a government office or position
What is appointment power
500
is someone who is not a party to a case and is not solicited by a party, but who assists a court by offering information that bears on the case.
What is amicus curiae